Garage-door hanger



g- 19, 1930- c. H. SCHNEIDER 1,773,634

' GARAGE DOOR HANGER Filed July 21, 1928 BY -f@ in ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 19,1930 7 it i crannies H, sonnnrnnu; OE wlNDsoR,"CONNECTICUT GARAGE-noon Hans E 9 f Application fiiea' zrul al, 192s. senaifno. 294,449.

My invention relates to improvements in located on the inner side of the lintel 21; in garage door hangers for use with doors made parallelismtherewith, and is supportedin upof sections that are hinged together'and any proper manner so as to be positioned in which one section is hinged to the door slightly above'the door=receiving recess 20 a 5 casing, and the object of my improvement in said intel 21. i v V is is to produce a garaged'oor hanger that is f'lhe 'track 22 operatively supports a car- 7 provided with means'for operatively sup riage 23 of common form and dependent j porting the freeend portion 01'' the door strucfrom said carriage 23 isa hanger 24 that supture andat, the same time permits the 'door ports the weight or load of the-free end porstructure'to open outwardly from the garage tion 10. Said'hanger- 24,"as shown, isin the 59 structure and in the closed position to fit by form of a plate or strap for the lower and the upper edge portion against the lintel' major portion25 andsaid lower portion 25 directly or into al recess provided therein, is rigidly connected to the free end portion involving in the preferred form a supporting 26 of a plate-like bar 27 that is operatively 15 barithat'is slidably mounted onthe free end mounted on the inner face 28 of the'inner free c door section." end section 15 oit'thedoor structure '11 f e i In the accompanying 'drawing': a The bar 27 is of appreciable w idthfandis" Figure 1 is a rearelevationor inside View opposed flat-wise to the door face so that it of a garage door structure that is equipped operates edgewise in sustaining its load.

to with doorhangers embodying my invention Bolts 29 ,or the like secure the hanger 24 and "comprising for the door-way two hinged to the bar 27. r a door structures that open respectively one to The-bar '27 slidesin a way 30 in a housing the right and the other to the left. V 31 and which isappre'ciably elongated so as to Figure 2 is a plan or top-edge view ofthe provide for ease ojtmovement'and relatively' 25 door structures, one being shown in partially freeop'eration, andat the same timeeto preopened position, and the track being indi} I vent sagging under conditions of use. t d b b k 1i 1 j The upper portion the ha ngerf24is Figure 3 is a sectional view on an enlarged in the form of a branch that extends horiscale of the upper portion'of the door and zontally from the upper. end of the lower '30 adjacent partsontheline 3-33 of Fig.2.v portion 25 and is p'erforatedto admita stud Figure '4 is a si e. elevation of the sliding A 33 that serves as means for providing a swivel bar and the adj acentparts. i a I connection with the carriage 23;; 'Thebranch V 'Figure'ovis a topedge view ofjthe same. 9 ridesrona nut '34 that'is screw-ed onto the My improved'garage' door hanger 'isjfused stud-33x 35 to operatively support the free end portion 10 ,The carriage 23 with the swivel-connected p of ooor structurell that is composed of hanger 24are standardproducts, in common two sectionsthat arehinged together. ,Said use, as'jwell as the track 22. i 1 sections comprise theouter section 12 that is The bar housin 31' is in the form of a connected by hinges 13 to the jamb14so as singlecastingthatis cored toprovide the way v 40 to swing outwardly: from thegarage' structure 30, and is provided with a. set of lugs 35 for andthe inner section 15 thatis connected by supporting screws 36. I f g 7 means of hinges 16 with the said outer sec- "A- spring37 may be provided tortaking tion 12. 7 up; slack or thelike and'easingthe action in V V The outer edge portion 18 of the outer secopeningand'closingrand is connected by one andthe entire top edge portion 19 of the door atthe other end, to a member 39 to be destructure 11 fits within a recess 20 of the scribed on the-housing 31.7 I lintel'21. i :The structure described permitsof a free The means for supporting the-free end perand fopen'.doorwayspace freefrom posts or tion 12 fits within a recess 17 in the jamb 14 end to a lug-'38on or near the hanger 24 and tion 10 comprise an overheadtrack 22 that is thelike for adoorl space {or two :d'oor struc- 'to the 'tually ,When so checked the door is held against actures, each of the latter being composed of a pair of hinged sections. 7

The two door structures are arranged, as shown, to open towards the two sides, one towards the right and the other towards the left.

In opening the door the section edges 41 i that are connected by the hinges 16 move outwardly from the doorway space and the free end section 15 is supported'by the sliding bar 26 against sagging and is virtual-K ly tied to the track. Said bar 26 bridges the gap on the under side of the lintel, between thetrack and the outer face of the lintel.

. The spring 37 tends to pull the bar 27 in- Wardlywithin the housing 31 in the direction corresponding to the closing of the door, so

that inopening the door said bar is pulled outwardlyin opposition to the spring. The connection of one end of the spring 37 to the lug 38 onthe hanger.25 serves to operatively connect the spring to the bar 27. Theother end of the spring 37 may be connected to the bar housing 31 directly and permit the spring to serve the useful unctions already mentioned.

The spring serves an additional useful.

function as a, catch spring for locking the har and housing relatively one to the other Iwhen in the open position, with the bar pulled to tlielimit along said housing. This is done by having the connection of the spring end with the housing made indirectly, through the medium of the catch member or lever 39 already mentioned.

Said lever 39 is pivotally mounted by meansof a pin 40. on the outer face of the end portion 41 of.tl1e;h0i1sing 31 has a catchnose or hook-nose 42 that plays between two limiting stops 43 and overhangs the adjacent edge 44 of the housing 31; and that has on the side generally opposite to the nose 42 an inclined operating arm 45' that is connected to the spring 37.

The bar 27' overhangs the housing edge 44 by its end portion 46 and is provided'on the side face of said end portion with a keeper lug 47 that lies in the path of thecatch nose 42 so as to be adapted to cooperate therewith when the bar is drawn'through the housing prescribed limit and then serve to virlock the bar and the housing together.

chain 48 orthe likethat dependstherefrom.

ported on the inner side of permits of sliding the bar along the housing as the door is closed.

I claim as my invention 1. A garage door hanger for supporting the free end of a two-section door comprising a track adjacent and parallel to the lintel and a carriage supported therefrom, a bar mounted for sliding transversely along one face of the free end portion of said door, and said bar being operatively connected to said carriage;

2. In a garage door structure, a door casing, door structures hinged one at each side of said casing and having each a free end portion that in the closed position is opposed to the free end portion of the other door, each of said doors being composed of two sections that are hingedly connected, said supported for swinging outwardarage structure, atrack sup-t said door casing and having a carriage for each of said doors, and means for supporting said free end 1301 tions from said carriage and track comprising. individually a bar structure that is y mounted for transverse sliding'moveinent to the opposed face of the door.

3. In a garage door hanger for supporting the free end of a two-section door, a housing mounted on the face of the door, a track ad-- doors being l'roni the jacent the lintel and a carriage supported therefrom, and a relatively elongated bar operativelj connected by one end to said carriageand having the bodyportion adapted for sliding movement in said housing.

4. In a garagedoor hanger as described in claim 3 a relatively elongated spring connected byoneend to said bar and having the other end connected to the structure of said housing.

5. In a garage door hanger structure, a

housing and a bar sliding therein, a moving latch member pivoted to said housing and a keeper on said bar cooperating to engage one another for checkingsuch sliding movement in one direction, a spring connected by one end with said bar and operating to tend to pull said bar along said housing in oppositionfto said latch member and keeper, and

the ot'her'end' of said spring being connected to said moving latch member so as to tend to position the same to the'checking position and also provide an operative connection that is substantially effective as a connection with the structure of said housing.

CHARLES H. SCHNEIDER.

pull on said-chain 48 lifts the nose'42 and 

